Tomi Adeyemi: The Writing Life and Her New Writing Course.
With her book "Children of Blood and Bone" spending 120 weeks on the New York Times bestseller...
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Tomi Adeyemi: The Writing Life and Her New Writing Course.
With her book "Children of Blood and Bone" spending 120 weeks on the New York Times bestseller...
41:27
Scissors, Jeans, and Other Nouns That Are Always Plural. Flat Adverbs. Boteep.
Today, we'll talk about some weird nouns that are always plural, and then we'll go...
18:20
The famous NASA "blue marble" image could have influenced people to make blue the color of...
14:39
You Know. Doppelganger. Trademarks. Funnily. Chicken Milk.
It's "listener question extravaganza" time, so I have some quick hits on discourse markers such...
14:21
I Cannot Tell a Lie (but I Can Mislead! And Sometimes People Do It With Percentages.
We look at the linguistic difference between lying and misleading, and then because people often...
16:38
How Aphasia Causes Difficulty Speaking. Chairdrobe.
Prodded by Bruce Willis's family's announcement that he is leaving acting after being diagnosed...
24:04
A few months ago, I started to notice people talking about spoons in a weird way, so I...
10:52
Barracking, Sheilas and Shouts: How the Irish Influenced Australian English
"Barracking," "sheilas" and "shouts": How the Irish influenced Australian English. Plus, what...
13:34
The Oxford Comma. And Should You Start a Sentence with 'And'?
Have you ever wondered why it's called the "Oxford comma"? We have the answer to that and many...
16:50
Is 'Materiel' Just a Fancy Pronunciation of 'Material'? Are Binomials the Same Across Languages?
A listener wondered about the word "materiel." What's its deal (and is it related to...
10:42
Why Do We Cringe at 'Pepper and Salt'? Why 'Square' Is Uncool. Quickquish.
"Sticks and stones." "Bride and groom." "Heads or tails." Some word pairs almost always appear in...
16:00
What's Square About a Square Meal? How to Use Parentheses, Brackets, and Braces. Guck.
The idea of a square meal goes back to the 1800s and possibly mining towns, but the word "square"...
16:10
Are People Using 'Commiserate' Wrong? The Origin of (the Word) 'Influenza.' Hersband.
How the "Witch of Wall Street" relates to the word "commiserate." Plus, the interesting origin of...
12:00
Do You Call In, Out, or Off Sick? How Kids Learn Language. Hexaboobiated.
People often tell me they hear others say they'll be absent from work in a different way than...
17:37
Tips for Learning a New Language: The Fluent Show
Kerstin Cable, host of "The Fluent Show" shares her tips and enthusiasm for learning new...
27:49
Why "Tiny" Sounds Smaller Than "Huge." Nixing the Horrid "Of."
The sounds of certain words make us think of things that are big or small, round or spiky, and...
19:20
'Strollout,' 'Insurrection,' 'Yassify,' and Other Words of the Year for 2021
"Strollout," "insurrection," "yassify," "hard pants" and other words of the year for 2021. |...
14:11
Cardsharp. The Old-New Singular 'They.' Grignug.
Was that uncle who wiped the floor with you in a card game a cardsharp or a card shark? Also, we...
16:10
Questions, Questions, So Many Questions!
I have a big metaphorical pile of questions from listeners in which the answers are too short to...
14:12
Is "Milk and Cookies" One Thing or Two? A New Language Term: The Santaback. Shoedabakers.
Today we use milk and cookies for Santa to figure out when compound subjects are singular or...
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